Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a blue shirt with thin green vertical stripes and tan pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Erdan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Nim wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Nim learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nim 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 Nim. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His red hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Riardon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.