Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars, and carries shortbows. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Alston is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Alston was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp. Azurite (13 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his tan robe and has his shortbow always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and 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: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Alexandrite (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf, and carries greatswords. His crest is cut close to his head. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Tarhun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

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. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a Masseuse, his mother struggled to pay the bills. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, River never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 19000 sp. Hematite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Coral (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).