Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Mason, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired him part-time. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Fargrim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fargrim 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 Fargrim. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bather for the past few years.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has wavy brown hair. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Red spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Darrow was born with his father's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she very much looks the part of a Carpenter. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length copper crest. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His brown hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sammal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (130 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'10" and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Windy hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered illithids who tried to eat her hand. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 15000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His black crest is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 140 pp. Black opal (700 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 360 gp.