Description: This man stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Heskan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 sp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His white hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small forest village. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Coral (150 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Malmûg never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Nature, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has styled his cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Smoking 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 Smoking. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.