Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has black eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the south to a Layabout, Cressel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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 reunite with his absent father; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Being a Priest 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a grey collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

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. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 360 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 is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Adventurer business.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Holy water. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Smokesticks. 3 Alchemist’s fire.