Description: He dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Skak was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jet (120 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the west to a Bounty Hunter, Peter learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Servant again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 pp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has silver hair. He has gold eyes.

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. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Amber (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp).

Description: This woman wears just a white suit. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Coral (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His red hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Jade (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.