Description: This tall, slender man wears a black vest and prefers green and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

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. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Percival was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Percival and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished kukri as well. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thrak was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Thrak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Jet (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an entirely black suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Blacksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp.