Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1900 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished crossbow as well. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Being a Shoemaker 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has worked as a Server like his mother before him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Server and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 pp. Hematite (9 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'1" western man, he wears a green tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; 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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Eye agate (7 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.