Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Seamstress who has hired him part-time. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

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. Rael is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sard (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and morningstars. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp.