Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 7 Acid flasks. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a hunchback. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Krusk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. He has copper crest. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Mugrunden was taken on many hunting expeditions. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Star ruby (400 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ûkshak took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up nunchaku and armor he uses now. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.