Description: An older man who sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Aramil was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Ruler uniform. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his silver hair down. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To be a Priest again.

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

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: Nutae hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nutae 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 Nutae. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Coral (50 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is physically well-built. His hair is black and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Theren 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. Theren decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp).