Description: This western man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 sp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Geoffrey hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Geoffrey was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 pp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. 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 happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He has a hunchback. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1100 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.