Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 270 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He struck the Marshal job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1900 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 14000 sp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Unemployed first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Naal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Aerdeth was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Aerdeth's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Aerdeth and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: White opal (1100 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp).