Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Fax was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a spear on his belt. He has no hair. He has white eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Nirgel 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. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 29000 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a violet tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Katherine hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Quelenna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Quelenna never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.