Description: He wears a violet vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Being a Mason 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: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 11000 sp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: He wears a pastel costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is an amazing painter.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a halberd on his belt. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Erdan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp).

Description: This man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He wears his chestnut hair up. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Theren alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 16000 sp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Jade (110 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (140 gp).