Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Assassin, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are silver.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Mastema lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Revenge; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Military, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tan vest and prefers grey and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; 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: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 24000 sp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Jet (150 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears bulky red painted plate armor. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'4" northern man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp).