Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered mace and tarnished halberd as well. His hair is red and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Arannis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arannis decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Coral (60 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his greataxe. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the west. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is an epitome of beauty. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Hadarai was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hadarai grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hadarai. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is white and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 330 pp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Sard (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor, and he perpetually has his axe ready. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Sellsword kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and 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: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.