Description: An older man who dresses like a well dressed Bricklayer does, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his mother, 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: A deep hatred of drow; and many drow want him driven away

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chad grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Chad. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the south. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears bulky green painted plate armor. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.