Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Mindartis has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Lamlis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lamlis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 sp. Moss agate (7 gp). Sard (50 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: Standing 5'3", this man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Adran wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Adran 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 Adran. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.