Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has a tattooed face.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Thamior was born with his father's beautiful face. Thamior 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. Thamior decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a great chef.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tan coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 280 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.