Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: Astaro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and black with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heward lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heward 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 an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: An older man who wears skinny pants and wears a blue and red robe with the hood down, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nurkara will drive conversation. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Fisher, but he was a colossal failure. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alex grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Alex. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a simple violet robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson violet hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tattered old clothes. She sports brown long hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the east to a Seamstress, Jarana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Apothecary, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Seamstress.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Buckler. 1 Darkwood Shield.