Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his red 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: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Jet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has white hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Moss agate (5 gp). Fire opal (900 gp).