Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern man dresses like a well dressed Mason does. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Arannis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Arannis hails from a village terrorized by drow. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Mason. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is typically in his Actor uniform. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Being a Actor 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Roland grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Seamstress.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and balancing his hectic life and new seamstress responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is brown and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Immeral grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 14000 sp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Jade (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Masseuse like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.