Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Performer business.

History: Halimath was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

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

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 190 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who very much looks the part of a Laborer, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is silver and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

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 a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 4 Acid flasks. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Stableman. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Stableman. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 11000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).