Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a green vest and prefers blue and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Actor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Actor. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. 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: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Amber (140 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a red coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kelter will drive conversation. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aust does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aust was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 280 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).