Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He keeps his blue hair in a pixie cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut 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: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp).