Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 pp. Jade (130 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Aramil was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30000 cp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp).

Description: He wears a red vest and prefers brown and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and falchions. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Being a Detective kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 pp. Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Beiro was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Beiro's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80000 cp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1100 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.