Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is an epitome of beauty. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: Ribbles hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trym hails from a village terrorized by giants. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants revenge against giants

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is typically in his Bookbinder uniform, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Navigator, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 40 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.