Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. His crest is red and curly. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a yellow wide-brimmed hat and yellow clothes. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister. She has a hunchback. Her hair is black and curly. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sekhmet was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local bricklayer

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Bhevek is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 350 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: A 5'7" eastern woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bendoo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Baern will drive conversation. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Baern was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his white hair down. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Professionalism, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 pp. Tourmaline (50 gp).