Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Heskan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: Heskan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 pp. Peridot (30 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this eastern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Art was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a black vest and prefers grey and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He has wavy white crest. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Banker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Banker like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Assassin. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 pp. Coral (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.