Description: This man likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the north. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and clubs. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Taklinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

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

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a tan 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 would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Elegant was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Sard (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp).