Description: 5'5" and muscular, this northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and elven compassion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He is portly but not overly obese. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 13000 sp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rose (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is thinning but still full. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Naal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a fancy grey suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Varis was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 120 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely tan suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp).