Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 360 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Priest. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bow, just in case. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear green tank tops with brown pants. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Traki was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Merchant. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length black hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Caeldrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1500 gp.