Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His white crest, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is golden and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: 3'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with grey slacks. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Anverth was born with his mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Carpenter mother left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The war was a terrible time for him, and Howard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Howard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has moderate length blue crest. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.