Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is portly but not overly obese. He has no hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nutae grew up listening to his father's many stories. Nutae 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. Nutae 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Aelar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He has moderate length black hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Theren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 340 pp. Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.