Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Raer hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Raer managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Family, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 310 pp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished shield as well. He wears his brown hair up. He has violet eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naeris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Naeris was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Naeris's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 pp.