Description: Standing 6'5", this man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a quarterstaff on his belt. His hair is auburn and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Hugh was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He has a hunchback. His hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in a small island village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Shipwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished club as well. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a Unemployed, his father struggled to pay the bills. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.