Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: Born in the south to a Guard, Taklinn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'4" and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 250 pp. Rose (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arumawann studied abroad. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His crest is short and scarlet. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Kiirith hails from a village terrorized by giants. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Shoemaker uniform. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Silk rope.