Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His crest is short and copper. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bellfounder. His yellow fur is smooth and relatively long. His copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Right-Handed lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Right-Handed was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To protect his home; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student she started as a Locksmith, but she got bored and became a Guard. She has worked as a Guard like her father before her.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and to be a locksmith again

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. Her black hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Nurkara liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Gorga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished longbow as well. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Shautha hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Shautha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has beige fur. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Brewer profession.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. After a long history of fighting, Beast and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 11000 sp.