Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Fibblestib lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 260 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: This northern woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Baggi 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 Baggi. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Apothecary profession.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a apothecary again

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 90 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a green shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has moderate length purple hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Rose (80 gp).