Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by beers. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Cartwright. His white hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Terse, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears tattered old clothes. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. He has chestnut hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.