Description: An older man who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shivering grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and 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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp).

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and whips. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Silent lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the west to a Shepherd, Roland learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

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

Possessions: 350 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He takes great joy in being the best Butcher in town.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. He has worked as a Butcher like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.