Description: He stands about 4'10" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Halimath hails from a village terrorized by drow. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath 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 Halimath. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Nim was born the youngest of three triplets. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is a great chef.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aerdeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aerdeth never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Black pearl (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He very much looks the part of a Guard. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gennal was born with his mother's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but he was a colossal failure. 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: To be a Bricklayer again; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Greedy, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.