Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears professional attire. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Azaki hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Azaki was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Azaki decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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. Theren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Halimath alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears just a tan suit. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Azaki studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Obsidian (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).