Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Locksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He is physically well-built. His silver crest is knotted and matted. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Performer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20000 cp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, marred by teas. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt, marred by beers. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 Masseuse. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ar-Beka's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Jet (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp).