Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 94. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Bulzo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nuraval grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and many dire rats want him driven away

Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp. Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: This northern man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Broce does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When Broce reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Broce and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 cp.