Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Zephan's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Nim is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nim studied abroad. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has wavy white hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver crest is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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 wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Kriv was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kriv decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He wears his red hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady black eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ekemon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp.