Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 240 pp. Moonstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a large pastel jacket. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a great chef.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence, Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He prefers to wear flannel, marred by chocolates. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp.