Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. 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: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by sweets. His hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hadarai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hadarai 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 Hadarai. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).