Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Varis speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and brown robe with the hood down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. A true patriot, Traki would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His white hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 Doctor. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a great chef.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Rose (60 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp).