Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the north to a Priest, Paelias learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Paelias was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Paelias's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to be a spy again

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: An older man who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, he is not a threatening figure. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a red feather.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Lucan took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brown diamond (2000 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. He has wavy brown hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 190 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10000 sp. Azurite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 43. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Carpenter father left him crippled. Being a Fisher 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 has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp).