Description: An older man who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Theriatis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is physically well-built. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A true patriot, Theren would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When Theren reached his early adolescence his Elf 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (160 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a white coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head and is in decent physical shape. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Baker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2300 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.