Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After months of barely getting by, Shamash managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Peridot (40 gp).

Description: This woman wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Sumnes speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She has green eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Ootah abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: Revenge; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'10". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His black hair is braided into rings. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

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

Possessions: 200 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.