Description: Standing 4'7", this man prefers to wear flannel. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Raer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roge isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Roge lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has done her best to style her red fur to look like a famous performer. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: Jezebeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Body Guard, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a fancy tan suit. His hair is long and silver with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stylist. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Oppleby 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Emeny was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Knight for hire.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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 hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by his family; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.