Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears long strands of jet and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Theriatis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Theriatis decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 50000 cp. Rose (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His hair is short and black. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Efferil lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. His red hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Himo. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears long strands of amethyst and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is red and curly. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Layabout, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).