Description: He stands about 3'4" and is typically in his Guard uniform. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Altho 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Hematite (13 gp). Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Human compassion; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Amber (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her brown hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Tervaround hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tervaround does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 360 gp.