Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After months of barely getting by, Laucian 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 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: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a great chef.

History: Ivellios lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 230 pp.

Description: This western man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the west. Aelar was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Navigator. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, red shirt, and blue tie. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Carrie enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp).

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Stableman, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.