Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is golden and curly. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3100 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has silver hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Mason, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

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 his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a large white jacket. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Himo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Actor.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).