Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the west. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is wearing a long, red cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Merla is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. He is physically well-built. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and she perpetually has her pickaxe ready. Her tied-back hair is black. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 9000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: An older woman who dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mason. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. A freak accident while working with her Beggar father left her crippled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 220 gp.