Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A freak accident while working with his Spy father left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1900 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Quarion took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Aramil was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Heian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp.