Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barber business.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Varis 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. Varis 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Iolite (40 gp). Jet (110 gp). Azurite (6 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Baker. He has worked as a Baker like his father before him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 900 pp. Moss agate (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.