Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Varis 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 Varis. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Brewer born in the past three hundred years. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Coral (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Vanuath was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student he started as a Interpreter, but he got bored and became a Sage. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Interpreter they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears blue trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He enjoys reading and quiet.

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. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carpenter. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; 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: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.