Description: He stands about 5'9" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: He comes from a rich southern family. John was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. John decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Slave Trader. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Norman is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Norman was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.