Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. He has no hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Cressel has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This northern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His blue hair is singed and shortened. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a large black jacket. He has wavy rusty crest. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Pandjed hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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 Gardener. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Marshal, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Barkeep like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy brown hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Military, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.