Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses like a well dressed Cook does. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Forcas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Lazy. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her green crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 Carpenter. She's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Peter was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.