Description: This man is tall and muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Tailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears baggy red pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His brown hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Soveliss grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Soveliss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. Lucan 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 Lucan. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for him, and Carrie does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Terse, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Bellfounder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp).