Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ar-Kaius lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 sp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With bright golden hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a Cook, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 an entirely blue suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Jade (140 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has moderate length white hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a carpenter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and a deep hatred of drow

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Sard (20 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.