Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is brown and very short. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A freak accident while working with his Weaver mother left him crippled. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aramil never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man wears grey trousers with white and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 gp. Jade (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: This man wears a white costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10 pp.