Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: Varis 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. 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. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 south. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Amber (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Aust was born with his father's beautiful face. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.