Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60000 cp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with pastel slacks. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Cory lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is still thick. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He has white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Apothecary who has hired him part-time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Adam lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.