Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: Ar-Baruk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Spyglass. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is white and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Volen is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

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

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 320 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Jade (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his red hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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-brother.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. Her red crest is still thick. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Zykroff was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Seamstress. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull red iron scale mail. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Theren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. After a long history of fighting, Theren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1800 gp.