Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; 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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This northern man wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black crest is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Gargax was born the youngest of three triplets. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 30 pp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and maces. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She got into the Butcher business at a young age. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. He has moderate length brass crest. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local slave trader

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.