Description: This eastern man wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1400 gp. Rose (70 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Amber (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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 daughter.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is auburn and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Halimath and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.