Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and violet handkerchief worn on his left side, marred by sweets. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. Iolite (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing a long, red cloak. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Quarion hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Quarion was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length white crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown diamond (2000 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Amber (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His gray fur is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Detective. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.