Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2100 sp. Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Manfred was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Gilbert hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Jet (140 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is blonde and curly. He has green eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: 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; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Antitoxin. 2 Tanglefoot bags.