Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a great chef.

History: Erdan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erdan 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 Erdan. After months of barely getting by, Erdan managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Black opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished man typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Shy, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20000 cp. Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Raer enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Raer studied abroad. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, PTSD. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Traki was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. 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 he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 sp. Hematite (11 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Amber (120 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'5" and very much looks the part of a Carter. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the north to a Carter, Aelar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item.