Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears just a black suit. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 13000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tattered old clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Assassin. He has achieved small success as a Assassin.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1700 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Coral (150 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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 tattered old clothes. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Arannis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).