Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished greataxe as well. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jet (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'1" and wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nicholas never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries a battered whip and tarnished hammer as well. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. His fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Lone was born the youngest of three triplets. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 15000 sp. Jade (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: He got into the Architect business at a young age. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Leucis's homeland. Leucis decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Olunt was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 sp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).