Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and axes. His white hair is singed and shortened. 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 erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Varis was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 270 pp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born into a rich family. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 310 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears just a violet suit, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Ahvain lived on a farm with his father, 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Unemployed, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Slave, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Vanuath 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. Vanuath 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. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Sard (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.