Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1600 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born several months after his mother 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp).

Description: An older man who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his white hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Adran grew up listening to his mother's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Adran 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 360 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Scribe. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Onyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.