Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his scarlet crest in a flapper bob. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 Miner again; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He usually wears his brown robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. His green crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 240 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His white hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Norman was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has no hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Military, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: A 5'11" southern man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy brown hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aldous does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Laborer for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Military, Slave, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp).