Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. The war was a terrible time for him, and Pelaios does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Pelaios was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Mercenary job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gifted student she started as a Slave Trader, but she got bored and became a Courier. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Born in the north to a Seamstress, Don learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Seamstress job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp. Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brass crest is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Azzakh will drive conversation. 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 A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Slave Trader kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Millicent lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has no hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ishmoz was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ishmoz decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has wavy golden hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Werydd fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His black fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 sp.