Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise gray.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Citrine (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Mindartis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad violet hat.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Raer was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Raer never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 sp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and bastard swords. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his white hair down. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Thervan took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).