Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Sculptor father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of warhammers on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently the stress of being a Glassblower has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Glassblower responsibilities is difficult; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Uthemar was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 pp. Brown diamond (3000 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jet (120 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His black hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Naeris has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 12000 sp.