Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and carries sais. His hair is short and brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Laucian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist, Fearful. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eiravel 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 Eiravel. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 11000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a pastel shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair is short and brown. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern man wears bulky black painted plate armor. His brown hair is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for him, and Korfel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Korfel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Being a Courier 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: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.