Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears tattered old clothes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Being a Courier 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: 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: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120000 cp. Carnelian (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Traki liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He usually wears his yellow robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Amber (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born into a rich family. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Rich, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1800 gp. Star ruby (1200 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).