Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bricklayer. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Nicholas's homeland. Nicholas 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. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'10" and tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His fur is short and beige. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of a Bounty Hunter, who enjoyed hunting, Beast was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Priest. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His gold crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Moss agate (7 gp). Emerald (400 gp).