Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, marred by chocolates. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 78. 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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Aerdeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (50 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and swords. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Stableman. He tends to his Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 290 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.