Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. His red hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zook is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1800 sp. 4 Antitoxin. 2 Thunderstones. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 sp. White pearl (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a hunchback. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'7" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She has a hunchback. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her falchion ready. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardnab fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.