Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pelaios fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Superior lock. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Spyglass.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His white hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bookbinder. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: Standing 5'5", this man wears just a violet suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Roger and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. Star ruby (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears bulky tan painted plate armor. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2400 sp.