Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of crossbows on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Peren hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 390 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and maces. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Aerdeth was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on his right side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1400 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). White pearl (140 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Lucan 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Priest arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.