Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ortegar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a pastel tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Courier. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2300 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Korag hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Revenge; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and shortspears. His hair is chestnut and curly. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Varg took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Varg was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.