Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aelar studied abroad. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 90 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Sellsword, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a yellow shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Hematite (9 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Lucan hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He very much looks the part of a Knight. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.