Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. He has a hunchback. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: Standing 4'11", this man wears a yellow costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rael fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).