Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Slave Trader. 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: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Efferil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Animal Trainer for hire.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this western man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1300 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His childhood dream was to be a Tanner, but he was a colossal failure. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He is physically well-built. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Varis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Varis 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 Varis. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp. A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.