Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is golden. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Mary was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Interpreter. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A 5'1" eastern man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Sammal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. 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 decided he is irredeemable; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Dondon was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Interpreter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: 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; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp. Jasper (80 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aasathra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Aasathra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Courier, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He stands about 6'6" and wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a colorful flower in his brass crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a great chef.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Greethen was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 3 Holy water.