Description: He is a husky man, who wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Being a Shipwright 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and black pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Ulfgar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the north. A gifted student he started as a Map Maker, but he got bored and became a Mason. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'11" and wears baggy green pantaloons and a pastel scarf. He wears his red hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Brewer, but he got bored and became a Guard. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.