Description: This late middle aged man wears just a green suit and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mantus was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear flannel. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Soapmaker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. He tends to his Architect job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He is physically well-built. His red crest is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bharash grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bharash. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bharash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.