Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by teas. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

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. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arannis 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 Arannis. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has a crush on the local scribe

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Laucian was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Laucian decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nim was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2400 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He uses divination through singing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When Tharivol reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp.