Description: A 5'5" northern man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and balancing his hectic life and new roofer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 pp. Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Nim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Naal hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a blue shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and blue pants. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 1400 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.