Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard. His auburn hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She bought a hand crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Gnome Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is long and white with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is greedy; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 pp. Sard (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her golden hair is cut short. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Leshanna was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Painter. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jade (90 gp). Red spinel (90 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by teas. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Amber (160 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).