Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Manfred 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 Manfred. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He got into the Marshal business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Junk Dealer, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His hair is auburn and very short. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 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 chestnut hair is lengthy. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Geva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Being a Mason kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 sp. Amethyst (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Peridot (70 gp).