Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Being a Stableman 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 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 he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his blue robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Varis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 350 pp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has worked as a Shepherd like his father before him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Peren speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After months of barely getting by, Peren 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jet (70 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has wavy white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. He is an amazing painter.

History: Raer was born the youngest of three triplets. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.