Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished longbow as well. His head has been shaved. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Coral (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He has white hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Efferil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Theren abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.