Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Skak hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has wavy auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Bounty Hunter father left him crippled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: To be a Bounty Hunter again; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of spears, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 370 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.