Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. His brass crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Direcris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Direcris never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a large grey jacket. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bhevek studied abroad. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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: To be a Dyer again; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Nature, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 pp. Coral (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Sard (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair is silver and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Traubon embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.