Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of glaives, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp. Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He wears his silver hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp. Onyx (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Architect business.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Architect and found it very stressful. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair up. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her fur is gray and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'7" and is typically in his Fisher uniform. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Robert took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He struck the Fisher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp. Jet (160 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'3". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. Her golden hair is well kept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She plays an instrument quite well.

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. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Locksmith does. Her head has been shaved. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Anne embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Anne was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Anne liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.