Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 pp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a large pastel jacket. He wears his auburn hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Being a Banker 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 feels threatened by others; and 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

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.