Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner and is in decent physical shape. His golden hair is braided into rings. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 350 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: A 6'4" eastern man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Jade (130 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has white fur. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Tree was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Armorer business at a young age. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To protect his home; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A true patriot, Oriax would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Oriax was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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. Being a Laborer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.