Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Forcas 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 Forcas. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear green tank tops with white pants. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Mamnen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 180 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'3" when asserting herself. Her hair is short and golden. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Ellyjoybell lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and revenge

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 190 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp).