Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Nicholas wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He bought a longbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his black robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Astar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Astar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Astar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Astar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Curran was born with his father's beautiful face. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This eastern man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Qemuel grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Qemuel. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: 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; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 150 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jet (50 gp).