Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Assassin, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Jade (60 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Nicholas was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Heward was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears professional attire. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Tim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a great chef.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 sp. Red spinel (140 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).