Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Butcher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Jak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This malnourished woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Althaea was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He has copper crest. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Spy mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: Dondon wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Weaver business at a young age. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a weaver and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. 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 since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and doesn't want to be a servant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is lengthy. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

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

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Unemployed, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She has blue eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Baker business.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 cp.