Description: He stands about 4'9" and tends to wear a large blue jacket. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver crest is braided into rings. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears just a red suit. His red hair is thinning but still full. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. After a long history of fighting, Watson and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Portia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 gp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, and is pretty ugly. He wears his black hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Everard hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has no hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ghaliver 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. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Farideh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Warryn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 110 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Amber (70 gp).