Description: He stands about 6'8" and wears professional attire. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her white hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Melissa was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Spy, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with his Shoemaker father left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Flask and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mayor. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is braided into rings. 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 enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He takes great joy in being the best Jeweler in town.

History: Erky was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Rose (50 gp). Star ruby (900 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. He has moderate length white hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Roger was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2600 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.