Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Layabout born in the past three hundred years. 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: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Barakas was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and doesn't want to be a layabout and was forced into it by his family

Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Varis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has worked as a Butcher like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Roofer again.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.