Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a large red jacket. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After months of barely getting by, Peren 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: Seeks redemption; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, In love, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 pp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 85. 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 has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth 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 Dayereth. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man usually wears his blue robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a Laborer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Suhnae has worked very hard to control his curse. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Amber (80 gp). Rose (60 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Uthemar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a blue vest and prefers white and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Lamlis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Lamlis was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Lamlis was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spy they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.