Description: 3'7" and muscular, this eastern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his mace with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 130 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, 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 an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. Being a Scribe 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; 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: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 47000 sp. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He dresses like a well dressed Barkeep does, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp. Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Rael has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Rael and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 Knight. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.