Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses like a well dressed Priest does. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 40. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ernest was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ernest decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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 a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his red hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Laucian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 280 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears just a violet suit. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After a long history of fighting, Creega and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This man wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is cut short. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.