Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is white and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A freak accident while working with his Merchant father left him crippled. Being a Fletcher 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Moss agate (15 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a large violet jacket. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Theriatis hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has no fur. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, River was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: 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: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear flannel. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Soveliss was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dilettante. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 cp. Pink pearl (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).