Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 33000 sp. Sard (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this eastern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 18000 cp. Onyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tan trousers with red and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Hunter was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Spy. He struck the Spy job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Superior lock.