Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has wavy chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When Abad reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Enemies, Nature, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has wavy golden hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Verna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Animal Trainer for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Job, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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: He was born in a small desert village. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gifted student she started as a Shoemaker, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.