Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Ortegar was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ortegar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (140 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is cut short. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Slave Trader, but he got bored and became a Scribe. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Zircon (40 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Morg was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.