Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jade (110 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a grey collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Rolen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Rolen 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 became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Banded agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He has no hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the south to a Barrister, Nim learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has achieved small success as a Barrister.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Zircon (80 gp). Sard (80 gp).