Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 Body Guard. He has worked as a Body Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He 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. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished longbow as well. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a bow on her belt. Her crest is red and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Megren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Megren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: An older man who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 180 gp.