Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears blue trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Herbalist. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). White opal (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a pastel deerstalker hat and pastel clothes. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Guardian, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'7" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.