Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his red crest in a flapper bob. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is an epitome of beauty. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. To her fellows she 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Irann was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Detective, Conrad learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and scythes. His bronze crest is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Mozikth took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Dilettante. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Norman was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Norman's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 140 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.