Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is silver and very short. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 pp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1900 gp. Amber (80 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Sailor like his father before him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he has a crush on the local stableman

Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.