Description: He tends to wear a large pastel jacket. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Sard (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jade (130 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Fibblestib is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His blonde hair is lengthy. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ashgarn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Ashgarn took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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 south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Iados grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Iados. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).