Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: He got into the Guard business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 70 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man wears brown trousers with tan and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Elaim hails from a village terrorized by brigands. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She is portly but not overly obese. With bright silver hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a green vest and prefers brown and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Decarabia grew up listening to her mother's many stories. 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 Masseuse. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Kabbarg has worked very hard to control her curse. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Coral (90 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'9" 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. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his chestnut hair up. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Trey alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a Apothecary soon after.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Zaffrab was born the youngest of three triplets. Zaffrab liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 14000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).