Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Manfred embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Manfred was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is still thick. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the north to a Shepherd, Gerard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 has worked as a Shepherd like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His hair is red and very short. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Solomon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 42000 sp. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.