Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Pallabar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Pallabar 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 has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned male sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sellsword profession.

History: Tordek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Tordek 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. Tordek decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Holg is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Moonstone (80 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 wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has styled her beige fur well, parting it to the left. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His brass crest is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. His black hair is still thick. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Engraver. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2200 sp. Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: He wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. His long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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. Paymon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 gp.