Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He is portly but not overly obese. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Ivellios was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Addict, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Efferil was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'9" and is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 pp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Coral (60 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and longswords. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He has blue eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Jeweler 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: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.