Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Himo liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Varis was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Amber (160 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Amber (120 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is brown and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp.