Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Body Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the east to a Jeweler, Godfrey learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Slave Trader. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Fargrim was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Rogue, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Rogue in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears a simple pastel robe with white stripes complete with hood. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and scythes. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Left-Handed was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Left-Handed decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a Crown-heir, her father struggled to pay the bills. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 2'9" and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her blonde hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Merla was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Merla decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

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 comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Dariff lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Stableman soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Silver pearl (40 gp).