Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1400 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His head has been shaved. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3100 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears professional attire. He has wavy blonde hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Thervan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Thervan 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. Thervan decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Being a Animal Trainer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 pp. Eye agate (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).