Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length dark red hair. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Akmen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local beggar

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. His crest is short and copper. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in the west. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and grey tie. His crest, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Shipwright, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Military, Job, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. His long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Jade has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 390 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is short and brown. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Courier. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.