Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His crest is bronze and very short. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his brown hair up. He is baby faced.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Melech took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortspear and armor he uses now. He bought a shortspear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 pp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He got into the Farmer business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Farmer like his father before him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Rieta lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Cook, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 3 Holy water. 4 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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 a crush on the local Bellfounder; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Harvest hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Body Guard profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 13000 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Jasper (80 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Jet (120 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Military, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His crest is brass and curly. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gargax was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20000 cp. Malachite (4 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She is physically well-built. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Ilanis is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.