Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Aelar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Aelar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. White pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

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

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'0" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He struck the Spy job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on his left side. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Efferil was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Efferil decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: Standing 4'10", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Thamior lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. Being a Shipwright 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: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).