Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His black hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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 father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aramil 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 Aramil. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, marred by beers. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Nutae lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. He has moderate length red hair. 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 believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Aramil liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has a crush on the local sellsword

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Coral (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Rose (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jade (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.