Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. A true patriot, Richard would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired her part-time. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her white fur is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Body Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in the east. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body 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 Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has chestnut hair. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Helgret abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has styled his gold crest well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Vrondiss 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 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp. Zircon (30 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her youth she was a Mortician, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kallista fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blue hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a Priest, his father struggled to pay the bills. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 sp.