Description: 4'1" and muscular, this northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is baby faced.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Hunter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. 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 can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears a mask on his face.

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. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Watson reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, black cloak. He has wavy chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears professional attire. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.