Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Anthony embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Anthony was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Anthony decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Portia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her first spouse was a Server, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Server they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Trym isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trym was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 16000 cp. Red spinel (60 gp). White opal (400 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Zook 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 Zook. He's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: 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; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 22000 sp.

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Ar-Gul was born with his father's beautiful face. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ar-Gul fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a tan vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a green collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (11 gp).