Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Riardon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair is brown and curly. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Theren liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (160 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'9" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nutae was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Jet (90 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in a small desert village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1400 gp.