Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and blue tie, marred by sweets. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy lavender fur. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has a hunchback. His lavender fur is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He got into the Scribe business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dull green sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case, and is pretty ugly. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A true patriot, Mantus would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses like a well dressed Guard does. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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 Guard. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a red vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver pearl (60 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Sard (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jade (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).