Description: A plain young-adult man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man wears a tan shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Efferil studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (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 (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His silver hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He wears his red hair up. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Dayereth was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth 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 Dayereth. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bowyer and was forced into it by his family; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Peren studied abroad. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 gp.