Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks, and his gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Himo 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His hair is chestnut and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Caeldrim's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Caeldrim 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 Caeldrim. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Bookbinder, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; 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

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 240 pp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Red spinel (160 gp).