Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gerald embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Detective, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). Rose (50 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Mundane, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Crowbar. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Emerald (700 gp). Jet (90 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Coral (90 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.