Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 8. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Thamior hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thamior 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 Thamior. Being a Herbalist 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a hunchback. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Travok alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Travok fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brass crest is heavily combed to the left. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Zedaar was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Zedaar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.