Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a large tan jacket. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Pûg liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2600 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is silver and curly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Astar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp).