Description: He wears just a black suit. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bidreked was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahvain 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 Ahvain. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 170 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered green hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Being a Shepherd 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal (600 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.