Description: This tall, slender man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his rusty crest in a pixie cut. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nithther studied abroad. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 14000 sp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Iados 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. Iados decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Nelkin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Butcher. Being a Butcher 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 terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.