Description: A 5'1" eastern man, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gifted student he started as a Performer, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gerald grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gerald. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 46000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To protect his home; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, brown shirt, and violet tie. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his silver hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 36. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Painter 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 28000 sp. Amber (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp.