Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Ahvain was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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. After a long history of fighting, Ahvain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 13000 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Being a Seamstress 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Actor, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aust is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aust 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 Aust. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and 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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Jasper (60 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is red and very short. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).