Description: An older man who dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop fur cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red crest. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. She has a hunchback. Her red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears brown trousers with green and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Margery speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. The war was a terrible time for her, and Margery does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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 was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears dull violet sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and shortspears. He has moderate length gold crest. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. 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 Engraver. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and black tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His crest is red and curly. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Donaar 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 Donaar. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp.