Description: A 6'1" northern man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Akmen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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 is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Fonkin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a black collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Beggar has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His blonde hair is still thick. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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, Kildrak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Kildrak hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.