Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Hugh hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp. Black pearl (500 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears just a grey suit. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and falchions. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Trey was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Masseuse. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Don's homeland. Don decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. After months of barely getting by, Don managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.