Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Assassin uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Gildmak hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Locksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has moderate length copper crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His first spouse was a Tanner, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 pp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Sailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).