Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, and is pretty ugly. His hair is brown and curly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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 desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Hematite (9 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely tan suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Aramil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is wearing a long, tan cloak, marred by chocolates. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Carrie was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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. After months of barely getting by, Carrie 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Performer. He tends to his Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1700 gp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.