Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. He has a hunchback. His hair is cut close to his head. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a red coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paelias grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Jasper (20 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

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

Flaws: Emotional, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rose (20 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: Standing 4'11", this man prefers to wear flannel. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the east to a Shoemaker, Berrian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Berrian 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp. Amethyst (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This man wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His head has been shaved. His face is scarred and worn.

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. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Varis 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 Varis. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 pp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.