Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His scarlet crest is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 240 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a brown shirt with thin white vertical stripes and grey pants. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Soveliss 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. Soveliss 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 has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Beggar, but he got bored and became a Mayor. He tends to his Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Watson was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his green robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. His tied-back hair is red. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Altho was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.