Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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: Seeks redemption; and money/treasure

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 340 pp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Coral (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Berrian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Berrian's father 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has golden hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 gp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Varis was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Mayor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).