Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and scimitars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jet (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his blue robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Thamior was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Being a Sailor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small green 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 suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.