Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Manfred was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Barbena is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a blue shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants. She wears her auburn hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tippletoe 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 Tippletoe. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his rusty crest in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Bidreked hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. 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 Barber. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She struck the Shoemaker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she is greedy

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears just a black suit. His hair is dark red and curly. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in the south. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Military, Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Simple lock.