Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has green eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Theriatis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Theriatis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Azurite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His hair is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has a hunchback. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and grey robe with the hood down. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.