Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is braided into rings. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Hoglik reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Hoglik was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. His black eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He hates Tieflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1500 gp. Star ruby (800 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Coral (40 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bookbinder. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Being a Map Maker 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.