Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His head has been shaved. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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 son.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Jet (90 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is an epitome of beauty. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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 son.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down, and is pretty ugly. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is golden and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aelar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Aelar was taken on many hunting expeditions. Aelar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 pp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Jet (140 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.