Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Alex was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Patrick was born the youngest of three triplets. Patrick was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Good lock. 1 Good lock.