Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a very tight haircut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He tends to his Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Thamior was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 110 pp. White opal (1600 gp).

Description: He wears a violet coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Being a Dyer 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is blonde and curly. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is cut short. He has a tattooed face.

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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.