Description: A 3'11" northern man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Elaim was born with his mother's beautiful face. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Assassin business.

History: The child of a Engraver, who enjoyed hunting, Nirgel was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Nirgel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Lubash was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Lubash's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 pp. Onyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp.