Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Cory 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. Cory 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. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Cory never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears professional attire. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a great chef.

History: Odo was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Manfred was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Manfred abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Conrad was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush, Job, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.