Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Ralf and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Virra isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a spear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Hourglass. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears just a green suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has moderate length black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Healer, who enjoyed hunting, Vassago was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

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. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. After a long history of fighting, Immeral and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black opal (600 gp). White opal (600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: Born to a Navigator, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

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: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rose (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Being a Ruler kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a fancy black dress. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east to a Tailor, Arha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She struck the Tailor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to be a baker again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has no fur. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.