Description: He wears just a black suit. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished shortbow as well. He wears his white hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Theren was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Rose (50 gp). Coral (60 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Jet (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by sweets. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born in the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 340 pp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and yellow pants, and carries shortspears. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Efferil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fancy black suit and is in decent physical shape. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 42. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Erdan abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Being a Carpenter 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 sp. Sard (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His tied-back hair is black. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ahvain was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.