Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Rael was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rael fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a blue collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Heian was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fortune-teller. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 pp. 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.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears professional attire. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Laucian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Laucian 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. Laucian 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. He has worked as a Masseuse like his mother before him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).