Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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. Laucian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Halimath was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

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. Aelar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Lucan took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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. Lucan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 370 pp. Carnelian (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.