Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aramil grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aramil. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired her part-time. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Ilga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has a crush on the local soapmaker

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His tied-back hair is golden. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Tod was born with his mother's beautiful face. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her silver crest in a pixie cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She tends to her Sailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sailor responsibilities is difficult; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With bright silver hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Tiaathque was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Tiaathque took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up crossbow and armor she uses now. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has dyed his greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp).