Description: This man wears a white collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He wears his golden hair up. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theriatis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished scimitar as well. His hair is auburn and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the north. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born into a rich family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Red garnet (150 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his shortbow. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He wears a colorful flower in his orange fur. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 pp. Rose (70 gp). Jade (100 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).