Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the south to a Butcher, Arannis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arannis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Arannis. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a blue broad hat and blue clothes. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mortician who has hired him part-time. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Azaki was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: Standing 3'6", this man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is golden and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Orryn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.