Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'6" when asserting himself. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He takes great joy in being the best Mercenary in town.

History: Pog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Being a Architect kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Jet (110 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She got into the Miller business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miller responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. She has a hunchback. She sports auburn long hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 110 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Bolhild speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She's in love; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 cp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this western man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Oriax was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports black long hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Meriele is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by her family; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 pp.