Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. His auburn hair is cut short. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Zaffrab will drive conversation. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is physically well-built. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small plains village. 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 bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has wavy silver crest. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy tan suit. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and yellow tie. His hair is short and chestnut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Tordek was born the youngest of three triplets. Tordek abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.