Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bertram 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 Bertram. He struck the Mason job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 sp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Oriax's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Blacksmith mother left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Average lock.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Naill was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'3" when asserting herself. Her scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Cook. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cook. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Balifra was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Balifra decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has moderate length black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has worked as a Architect like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

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

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Vola abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a blue vest and prefers green and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is well kept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Actor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears violet trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Thiala has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 pp.