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. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 260 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'7" and usually wears his pastel robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Cartwright 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Ahvain was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is content; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a blue vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Through the years after Erdan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Erdan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and he perpetually has his shield ready. His hair is red and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Efferil was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Malachite (10 gp).