Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

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. He worked as a nervous Bricklayer and found it very stressful. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2300 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a white collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. His hair is auburn and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fortune-teller. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the south. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

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

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.