Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks, and carries whips. His red crest is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Heskan 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. Heskan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the east. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Moss agate (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears green trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His crest is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Kriv was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the east. Through the years after Aelar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aelar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy violet suit. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and longswords. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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 to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but he was a colossal failure. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown vest and prefers green and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and is pretty ugly. She sports golden long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her first spouse was a Barrister, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.