Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is long and unkept. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1400 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His chestnut hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gilbert was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: Many brigands want him driven away.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Jet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. She is physically well-built. She has moderate length silver hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Assassin first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. She worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 4 Antitoxin. 1 Holy water.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is very fat, and is typically in his Stableman uniform. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Nirgel lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Masseuse, but he got bored and became a Stableman. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. With bright blonde hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Sarai alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery and is in decent physical shape. Her crest is rusty and very short. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.