Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the east. Baern was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Gardener. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His orange fur is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 39000 sp. Azurite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy bronze crest. He wears grey trousers with black and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a hunchback. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length bronze crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his black crest down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the west. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 pp. White opal (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).