Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A true patriot, Simon would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his mace with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and he perpetually has his mace ready. He wears his red hair down. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Alex hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Alex's homeland. Alex decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 sp. Azurite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and scimitars. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north to a Animal Trainer, Geoffrey learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Being a Animal Trainer 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in the north to a Performer, Yvonne learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Dilettante they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Performer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.