Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears professional attire. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a large brown jacket. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: Tim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Mortician, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and carries scimitars. She has a very tight haircut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 pp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Orryn was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bookbinder. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Antitoxin. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Egelina's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Felosial was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.