Description: This tall, slender man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Depressed. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His scarlet crest is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Kipper managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his chestnut hair down. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Scribe. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Immeral never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.