Description: A middle-aged man, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His hair is dark red and very short. His eyes are silver.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Oriax hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Through the years after Oriax was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Oriax's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Baern was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Baern decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries ceremonial daggers. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a green suit. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dworic was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.