Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is short and auburn. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available he will default to his axe. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, marred by beers. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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: Theren was born the youngest of three triplets. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2200 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a hunchback. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Doctor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Sard (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this northern man wears tattered old clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 50. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Caeldrim 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. Caeldrim 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. After months of barely getting by, Caeldrim managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Amber (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.