Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Halimath was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Peridot (20 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Erdan was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. After a long history of fighting, Erdan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is short and chestnut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Carrie was born with his father's beautiful face. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Being a Detective 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: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Coral (140 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nutae 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 Nutae. Being a Shepherd 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: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Rolen hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.