Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his lance ready. He has blue hair. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Pelaios was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Astar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses divination through singing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ploughman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Through the years after Hadarai was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hadarai's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.