Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Ivellios hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ivellios studied abroad. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has never given up on his writing dream.

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; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length brown hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Ostracized due to the psionic 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 30000 cp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a white shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and white pants. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Halimath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a mayor again

Flaws: Depressed, Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the north. A freak accident while working with his Cook father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Jet (40 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, marred by chocolates. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the north. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1400 gp.