Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Priest, his father struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished rapier as well. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her green crest is long and unkept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Dentratha was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Dentratha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Being a Slave Trader 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: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: William is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in William's homeland. William decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'0". She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has cinnamon fur. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. To her fellows she 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: She was born in the north. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 40 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).