Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 80 pp. Sard (70 gp). Azurite (9 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Jet (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and blue. 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 barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 200 sp.

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. His cinnamon fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are blue.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2300 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is typically in his Guard uniform. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Rolf's homeland. Rolf decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rolf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Navigator, but he got bored and became a Server. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Navigator they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Server, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp.