Description: He is scrawny and has patchy scarlet crest. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Ghesh speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Ghesh was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Alex never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he very much looks the part of a Guard. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Ivellios was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ivellios's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Ur-Edin was born with his father's beautiful face. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Ur-Edin's homeland. Ur-Edin decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp. Hematite (4 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His bronze crest is lengthy. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Medrash embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries with her a set of spears on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She sports brown long hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Claira was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barber. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the south to a Stableman, Spring learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Emma hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 gp. Jet (40 gp).