Description: This late middle aged man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. His brass crest is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Ovina hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dagger is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dagger was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Ploughman, but he got bored and became a Merchant. 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: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and sickles. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When Varis reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; 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: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.