Description: 4'9" and muscular, this eastern man wears a yellow broad hat and yellow clothes. His hair is white and very short. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Arannis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Sensitive, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on his torso and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and white with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mindartis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his youth he was a Fortune-teller, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Brewer. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the west to a Brewer, Erevan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Brewer. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (130 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. He has no hair. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 99. 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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Laucian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 8000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Adran was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Adran's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Adran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp).