Description: 4'7" and muscular, this northern man wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He has wavy chestnut hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Koeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Koeth was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Koeth decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has green eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his father before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 pp. Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Born to a Fortune-teller, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Gardener kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Chrysoprase (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a black suit. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and glaives. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 sp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.