Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Varis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Servant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Being a Barkeep 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 220 pp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His hair is chestnut and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2100 gp. Coral (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He struck the Blacksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Assassin. He has worked as a Assassin like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jade (100 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.