Description: He stands about 5'1" and wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Ruler. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 sp. Obsidian (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has wavy brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Guy hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Guy alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the south to a Marshal, Don learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: He wears brown trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 sp. Bloodstone (30 gp).