Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and greatswords. His long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A true patriot, Pijjirik would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a fancy red dress. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has red hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Willow was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student she started as a Navigator, but she got bored and became a Barrister. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'10" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her ears are large.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has worked as a Ploughman like her mother before her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: He got into the Barrister business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has wavy golden hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Callybon was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 120 gp. Jade (80 gp).

Description: This woman wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This northern woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a red scarf. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is cut short. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Ruler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Hadwisa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries a battered kukri and tarnished scythe as well. Her beige fur is still thick. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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. Dynamic fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 160 gp.