Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He has wavy silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Traubon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Being a Cook kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and 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

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: A 6'6" western man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His crest is short and green. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Rathkran hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rathkran was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tan collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His childhood dream was to be a Cook, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Jeweler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Donaar hails from a village terrorized by drow. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe and is in decent physical shape. His hair is auburn and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naeris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naeris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is in excellent shape and has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gurdis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His purple hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Ahrim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is auburn and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He got into the Dyer business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Addict, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. Vlorn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Citrine (60 gp).