Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1100 gp. A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: He comes from a rich southern family. Ivellios 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. Ivellios 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'10", this man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After months of barely getting by, Thervan 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 210 pp. Jade (40 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Heian will drive conversation. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Sage, but he got bored and became a Sellsword. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a brown vest and prefers grey and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp.