Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has no hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His yellow fur is thinning but still full. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. River 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. River 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. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp).

Description: An older man who is typically in his Painter uniform, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Solomon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 sp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a hunchback. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chem grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).