Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 900 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His black hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Gomory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Gomory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Geoffrey alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Bertram would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch.