Description: He is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Being a Slave Trader kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Hubert was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Hubert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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 his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the south. After coming to the age of reason, Hubert took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Chalcedony (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his golden hair up. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Manfred is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears violet trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp.