Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, green cloak. His hair is red and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his silver eyes.

Personality: Nicor is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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 loathes his own lifestyle; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in a small plains village. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Howard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Howard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Mason again; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 170 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 Miner. He's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

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 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Banker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shax 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 Shax. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His hair is silver and very short. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north to a Barrister, Raymond learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barrister for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She carries a battered morningstar and tarnished pickaxe as well. She has slicked back golden hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. The war was a terrible time for her, and Matilda does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Matilda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 pp. Iolite (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.