Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her black crest is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Charles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 gp. Rose (40 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This light-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 Painter. She tends to her Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her gray fur is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 10000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). White opal (900 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Coral (160 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His auburn hair is still thick. 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 a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Hubert was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He 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: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.