Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his white robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gerald never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. He has a hunchback. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Gerard was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'10". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortbow. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, he is not a threatening figure. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.