Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His ears are large.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Hematite (13 gp). White pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and lances. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Efferil was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the north. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Detective 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).