Description: This late middle aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His first spouse was a Beggar, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Layabout business.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and greatswords. His black hair is cut short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Roofer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Jet (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is physically well-built. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His childhood dream was to be a Barber, but he was a colossal failure. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.