Description: A middle-aged man, he wears long strands of sapphire and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Nicholas's homeland. Nicholas decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this western man tends to wear a large grey jacket. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Tailor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting gnolls, the young Vonana began to lead the lost caravan. She has worked as a Knight like her father before her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Servant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Servant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to be a farmer again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and brown tie. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 sp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has green eyes and a red hat with a white feather.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has no hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Aust hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aust grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.