Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Himo 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. Himo decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lucan grew up listening to his father's many stories. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Actor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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, Thamior is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (70 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Amber (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and hand crossbows. His brown hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Mindartis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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, Mindartis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mindartis 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 Mindartis. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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 wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jet (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in an above average manner. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Jade (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Rose (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).