Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His white hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this western man wears black trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Aramil hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Vanuath was born with his father's beautiful face. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mason but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 pp.