Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a large black jacket. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Coral (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1500 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erdan 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 Erdan. He bought a halberd and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 sp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Climber’s kit.