Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his black crest. He wears a mask on his face.

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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Baradad is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Baradad was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Baradad's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a fancy white suit. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Krakhorn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Reirak was born with his father's beautiful face. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to get laid

Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 cp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his long orange fur kept up in a rat tail. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south to a Sage, Ethereal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a black scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Godfrey 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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is typically in her Armorer uniform. She has wavy blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Breena embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has worked as a Armorer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.