Description: This malnourished man wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1200 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: This man wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and pastel pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Theren learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jade (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a blue collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He refers to his adoptive father 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Aramil 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. Aramil 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tharivol 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 Tharivol. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.