Description: He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His black hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He wears just a white suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. After months of barely getting by, Quarion managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; 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: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Erevan was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.