Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a green vest and prefers violet and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is short and black. He has red eyes and a green hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. After a long history of fighting, Akmen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50000 cp. Obsidian (15 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Being a Actor 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 a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Aramil was born with his mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Dyer mother left him crippled. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.