Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Traki is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'5" and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Beiro will drive conversation. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Beiro was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sculptor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Efferil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. The war was a terrible time for him, and Efferil does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Korfel was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Korfel 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 Korfel. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Korfel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This western man is dressed in earthy colors with a green and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are amber and beady.

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 has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.