Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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 in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Arannis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Berrian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Berrian was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Eiravel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'2" and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with pastel slacks. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arannis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Arannis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jet (110 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.