Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is cut short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Moss agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Farmer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and green tie. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and glaives. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rael grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rael. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eiravel studied abroad. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Forgetful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.