Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a blue and tan robe with the hood down. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Stableman like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1300 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Tippletoe 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. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Tippletoe was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing and is in decent physical shape. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Mantus was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Roofer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She is physically well-built. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cory will drive conversation. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is golden and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Erdan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, marred by teas. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Architect again.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.