Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Tharivol enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Carpenter father left him crippled. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 310 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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 psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Erdan 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. Erdan 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: 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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 240 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His red hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a Baker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears just a grey suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the south to a Armorer, Korfel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2700 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.