Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has silver hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears just a grey suit. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, 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's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 pp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries clubs. His red crest is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western man wears a fancy tan suit. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Theren was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60 gp.