Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Ar-Baruk was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ar-Baruk's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Ar-Baruk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his gold crest up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Shamash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has worked as a Body Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 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: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 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: A middle-aged woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. Her crest is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Jet (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Aquamarine (1200 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has no hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Pennie hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moss agate (11 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He has wavy golden hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Hugh was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Slave, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 9000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She is wearing a long, violet cloak. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.