Description: This dark-skinned male is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is cut short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Alex lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Gardener. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: 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. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Elysande never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 cp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 6'0" and dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with brown slacks. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shoemaker. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 67. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

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

Possessions: 10 pp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.