Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'0" when asserting himself. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: This western man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Beggar, his father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. With wild white hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Onyx (30 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has done her best to style her lavender fur to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in the south. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Mortician and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Body Guard. 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: Money/treasure; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Star ruby (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Amber (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Coral (50 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Sard (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp).