Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. His tied-back hair is brown. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His first spouse was a Butcher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1100 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is brown and curly. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Justin is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Justin hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 pp. Black opal (600 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (16 gp).

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His green crest is braided into rings. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tarhun studied abroad. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cagak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Cagak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Cagak 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 dire rats. Cagak was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Hematite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp).