Description: This western man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. Anselm 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 Anselm. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 36000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Patrick hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Patrick was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bather. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a white vest and prefers yellow and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Healer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his chestnut hair up. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Lewis isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Lewis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His childhood dream was to be a Performer, but he was a colossal failure. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.