Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shágflak grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Shágflak. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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 he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman wears professional attire, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Glassblower mother left her crippled. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his father struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Selfish, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 330 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Locksmith who has hired him part-time. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He struck the Locksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Masseuse profession.

History: Vapula was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 worked as a Healer like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. She wears a mask on her face.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.