Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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 pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull red iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Sard (60 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished falchion as well. He has golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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 was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When Naal 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 achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Barber. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Himo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10000 gp. Jade (60 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an entirely black suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Naal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 sp.