Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ribbles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Qualen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his chestnut hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sage. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the north. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 pp. White pearl (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Interpreter born in the past three hundred years. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pijjirik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1900 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Rolen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Rolen liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Beggar. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to be a dyer again

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.