Description: He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His brass crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is wearing a long, black cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length rusty crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Baradad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. Stannor abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).