Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Rael was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Rael decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 15000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a large white jacket. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Banded agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rael is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rael studied abroad. Rael 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. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.