Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 99. 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. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the south to a Sculptor, Cockaby learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has worked as a Sculptor like his father before him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Being a Spice Merchant 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: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and black tie. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Silvo 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. Silvo 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. Being a Fortune-teller kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case, he is not a threatening figure. He has brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Banker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Banker and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has blue hair. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.