Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Traki was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 150 pp. Banded agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 pp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the north. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has worked as a Servant like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Jasper (50 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has wavy black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Anbera was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by chocolates. His black hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Masseuse, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 240 gp.