Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His hair is red and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nicholas will drive conversation. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Nicholas was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Nicholas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair is white and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. 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: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Guy is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Guy was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. Gilbert abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.