Description: This malnourished man wears a grey vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Aerdeth was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Aerdeth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and elven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is physically well-built. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eiravel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 gp. Sard (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erdan grew up listening to his father's many stories. Erdan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Erdan decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Soveliss hails from a village terrorized by giants. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.