Description: He is a husky man, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arannis 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 Arannis. Being a Locksmith 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: 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; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a white vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west to a Architect, Efferil learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a ruler again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Star rose quartz (70 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 pp.