Description: This western man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Peren is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Peren lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Cartwright, but he got bored and became a Fisher. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 260 pp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Mindartis was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1600 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'7" eastern man, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Aramil 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. Aramil decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1300 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A true patriot, Rolen would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rolen 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 Rolen. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Amber (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).