Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the east. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fancy white suit. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Lamlis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lamlis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 pp. Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and pickaxes. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Iolite (60 gp).