Description: He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. He is physically well-built. His red crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'5" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gardain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He became a Marshal soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Norman was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. 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. Norman fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

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 a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Being a Mercenary kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2700 gp.