Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and 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

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Smokesticks. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Guard 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Manfred was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Manfred decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.