Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting orcs, the young Raer began to lead the lost caravan. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His hair is brown and very short. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Uthemar was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1400 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has no hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Theriatis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the east 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and brown pants. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a Laborer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Laborer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Varis was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.