Description: He wears yellow trousers with green and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Alexandre lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This malnourished woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 320 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mercenary who has hired her part-time. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ahlyssa was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Cecily was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'4" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Now she works as a poetry tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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 got into the Mayor business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. After months of barely getting by, Mindartis managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. He wears his white hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in the south to a Shepherd, Hubert 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 Shepherd. Recently the stress of being a Shepherd has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Chalcedony (40 gp).