Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Theriatis was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; 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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" northern man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. Being a Painter 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 15000 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Rolen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. He has silver hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Malachite (5 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp).