Description: He has a missing right arm. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has moderate length silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Thervan hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A freak accident while working with his Mortician mother left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 8000 sp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a very tight haircut. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'8". He wears professional attire. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the east to a Bather, Carrie learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is cut short. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. 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, Paelias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Coral (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.