Description: He wears professional attire. He carries with him a set of glaives, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 16th 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. A true patriot, Kilvar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Kilvar was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Painter. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 2 Holy water.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her dark red hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Lerissa was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a grey shirt, with a pastel mid length skirt with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a very tight haircut. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a great chef.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. After coming to the age of reason, Nurkara took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She has white hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She carries with her a set of greataxes on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a brown shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 370 gp.