Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Blue diamond (6000 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Sard (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sweet grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spy arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, marred by sweets. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Hugolina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This white eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Bune enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Bune learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to be a brewer again

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has black hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the east to a Dyer, Mara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Trag was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, brown shirt, and black tie. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Doctor profession.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.