Description: This man is very fat, and wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears white trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).

Description: He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and pickaxes. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

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. Heian 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 Heian. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. White opal (800 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. His white hair is cut short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

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. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. Being a Courier kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak. He carries a battered kukri and tarnished morningstar as well. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Priest job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Racist, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.