Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. Gilbert 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. Gilbert decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born into a rich family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2 Smokesticks.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Trey lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.