Description: He wears a white armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Varis was born with his father's beautiful face. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 pp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, marred by chocolates. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: An older man who wears dark leathers with embroidery, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Knight mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull white sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed trident, just in case. His white hair is braided into rings. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 sp.