Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'5" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hugh does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Hugh hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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 feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She carries with her a set of greatswords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Citrine (40 gp).