Description: This dark-skinned male likes to wear pastel tank tops with brown pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A freak accident while working with his Armorer father left him crippled. 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 feels threatened by others; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears professional attire. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a hunchback. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'5". He wears tattered old clothes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. He has moderate length blonde hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When John reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He struck the Body Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears tattered old clothes. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.