Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His hair is golden and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His red hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. When Tricking reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears professional attire. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Body Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).