Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman and is in decent physical shape. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Masseuse. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has worked as a Masseuse like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears green trousers with black and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has brown eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: Theobald hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the south. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. 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: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.