Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Uthemar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Varis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'0" and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Servant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Varis will drive conversation. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 pp.