Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is short and brown. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Anselm 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. Anselm decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 Barrister 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He struck the Beggar job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Ahlyssa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Guard but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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. Katherine fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.