Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a red scarf and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a hunchback. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Black opal (1300 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Emmeline 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. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Malachite (9 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is blonde and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 sp.