Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and kukris. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Malachite (14 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Mindartis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1300 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Theren speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a great chef.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and elven compassion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Bricklayer, but he got bored and became a Dyer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: 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: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (16 gp).