Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and black with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in the west. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'8". He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Galinndan 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. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of a Bather, who enjoyed hunting, Galinndan was taken on many hunting expeditions. Galinndan liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Galinndan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Mayor. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new mayor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.