Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a hunchback. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Nutae is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nutae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Red garnet (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.