Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Manfred was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is a Tailor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 3 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Holy water.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 pp. Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).