Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Burgell wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Burgell was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Aerdeth is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a dagger on his belt. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gell grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gell. Being a Spice 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has wavy brown fur. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Shadow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).