Description: He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He is physically well-built. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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 marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears bulky black painted plate armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is black and curly. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Naeris hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Nim is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theriatis studied abroad. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 26000 sp. Moss agate (8 gp).