Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white crest is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Rathkran managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His blue crest is braided into rings. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Kaladan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Kaladan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her brown hair is still thick. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Peter grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western woman is wearing a long, green cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Marshal business.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Makaria was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears professional attire. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Ella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. 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 loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a pastel feathered hat and pastel clothes. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has a crush on the local actor

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.