Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Geoffrey was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rose (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his silver hair up. 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 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 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: Ralf lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. After a long history of fighting, Ralf and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Kody was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Jeweler. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He wears his red hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tim 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.