Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His purple hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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. After a long history of fighting, Barakas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Kilvar was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barrister. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Rose (80 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a long, violet cloak. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available she will default to her monstrous two handed axe. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. With wild white hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Stableman 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 money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Malachite (9 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Maegan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Maegan grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Maegan was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. White pearl (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She sports red long hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and whips. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'5" when asserting himself. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bowyer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and doesn't want to be a bowyer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Andraste lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp.