Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tan coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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 son.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 280 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sage born in the past three hundred years. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tharivol 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 Tharivol. He has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a worn and beaten armor. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. He has worked as a Bowyer like his father before him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Mindartis 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. Mindartis decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Being a Brewer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 12000 sp. Emerald (1300 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Efferil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Junk Dealer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Junk Dealer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.