Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Thomas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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: To be a Mortician again; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp. Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp. Sard (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dûsh grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dûsh. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 260 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His crest is bronze and curly. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp).