Description: This late middle aged man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. His crest is brass and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: Fax was born the youngest of three triplets. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears his blonde hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the west. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her tied-back hair is white. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Gardener kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with violet slacks. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and ceremonial daggers. His white hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: Veit speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born in the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4 Tanglefoot bags.