Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Manfred was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Armorer business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Theobald liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dyer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is short and auburn. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 cp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available she will default to her hand crossbow. She is an epitome of beauty. She has black hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Hatae alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hatae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Chem was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chem decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Jeweler kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Hûra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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 reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 12000 cp. Rose (20 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). 4 Acid flasks.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: Randal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Debt, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.