Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Caeldrim 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 Caeldrim. He became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Quarion was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Quarion alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 sp. Hematite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Animal Trainer 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: Seeks redemption; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Erdan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 280 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is brown and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp.