Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the east to a Crown-heir, Dean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'8" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Barber born in the past three hundred years. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1700 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and bastard swords. His hair is short and red. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Zephan took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Being a Herbalist 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 a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.