Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is lengthy. His red eyes peer out from beneath his broad green hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thamuz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His white hair is singed and shortened. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Addict. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: He comes from a rich western family. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His black crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Roywyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Roywyn was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Jet (60 gp).

Description: He wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his hand crossbow. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barrister business.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Felosial is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Felosial was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Doctor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Dûsh 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 gp.