Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a grey collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Arannis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. His hair is short and white. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Galinndan reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1500 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a hunchback. He has golden hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Being a Spy 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 190 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).