Description: This malnourished man wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gardain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 360 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available she will default to her glaive. Her white hair is cut short. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for her, and Antinua does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Antinua learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Antinua has worked very hard to control her curse. She's also a talented Bowyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her black hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Barbena is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand her business

Bonds: Family, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.