Description: He is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 Guard. He now owns his own business.

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

Flaws: Shy, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Cloak abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: She usually wears her yellow robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bethrynna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 2200 sp. Obsidian (15 gp).