Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Thervan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Thervan decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Nutae learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and has the majority of his body covered in plate. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Azaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).