Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

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 father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Server

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. 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: Veit hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Veit was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 220 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Blacksmith business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 30 gp.