Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Tharivol took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Aquamarine (1600 gp). White opal (700 gp). Iolite (80 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly glaives and clubs. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Fivin was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fivin 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 Fivin. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10000 sp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mindartis studied abroad. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a interpreter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Coral (80 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).