Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Mantus was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. She has no hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Vaina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 2 Acid flasks. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: An older man who wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants, he is not a threatening figure. He has blonde hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 5'1" western man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is thinning but still full. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a black collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is short and golden. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Lezre was born the youngest of three triplets. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 370 gp. Amber (80 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).