Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Coral (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gennal 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 Gennal. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears baggy red pantaloons and a green scarf. He has wavy black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Aelar was born with his father's beautiful face. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a large violet jacket. He has blonde hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Erevan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Erevan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Enialis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.