Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Barakas hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His chestnut hair is still thick. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gimble was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Gimble and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His copper crest is braided into rings. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Adventurer. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He got into the Adventurer business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Mayor, but he got bored and became a Adventurer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. Amethyst (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).