Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mason business.

History: Born to a Seamstress, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mason hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Assassin but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (40 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 19000 cp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.