Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white crest is braided into rings. His red eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Zircon (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Raam alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He has moderate length white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Thradal was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barrister. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, marred by sweets. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Anselm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Merchant 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Smokesticks.