Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses divination through singing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the martial 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. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).