Description: A middle-aged man, he wears green painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. He wears his red hair down. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rael grew up listening to his father's many stories. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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 on a small isolated farm. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Being a Layabout kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Unemployed, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Ahvain 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. Ahvain decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 sp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Arannis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Arannis was born with his father's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Butcher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10000 sp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.