Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Gardain reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 50. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Vadania was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears long strands of aquamarine and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and warhammers. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This southern man wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Ghash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in the west. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her rusty crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, yellow shirt, and blue tie. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.