Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by beers. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Laucian was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1900 gp. Iolite (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black opal (900 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, marred by sweets. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian 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 Heian. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2500 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.