Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Nim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Nim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). White opal (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Coral (130 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Amber (130 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is typically in his Apothecary uniform, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Suhnae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 13th 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Banker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Banker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Banker soon after.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Job, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 13000 sp. Fire opal (900 gp). Jet (70 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has wavy black hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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-brother.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shepherd, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.