Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (140 gp).

Description: He wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is physically well-built. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers violet and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 52. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Miles is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Miles and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Lance was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Good lock. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Crowbar. 1 Masterwork manacles.