Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Charles hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants, and carries pickaxes. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Architect business.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.