Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is short and black. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Azaki is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Azaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Aramil was taken on many hunting expeditions. Aramil was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Baker. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amber (130 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. He has no hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp).