Description: A 4'9" southern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: This man wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a blue scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His hair is blonde and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stableman but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting illithids, the young Ahvain began to lead the lost caravan. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Peren hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Peren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Sard (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: Naal was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He struck the Glassblower job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Mortician. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).