Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Heian was born with his father's beautiful face. A gifted student he started as a Guard, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to protect his home

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has wavy white hair. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Raam lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Raam was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Raam's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His hair is black and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.