Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is still thick. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Arannis has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Chrysoprase (20 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 was born several months after his father was called into army service. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Amber (150 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 220 pp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a large brown jacket. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.