Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'5". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and tan tie, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His hair is red and curly. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. John is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: John was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Amber (160 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is red and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dyer who has hired him part-time. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Fletcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.