Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He usually wears his grey robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Detective father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has wavy blonde hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man is typically in his Banker uniform. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theodoric studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Theodoric took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.