Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Lamlis 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. Lamlis decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Being a Spy 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ivellios fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a fancy grey suit. He has black hair. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).