Description: He is scrawny and has patchy copper crest. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His crest is copper and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the east to a Assassin, Shamash learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a pastel small hat and pastel clothes. He wears his silver hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Cairn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Cairn was born the youngest of three triplets. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Cairn has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has brown hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Fabien was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Fabien decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Peridot (20 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his red hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.