Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Coral (90 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 36000 sp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Malachite (8 gp). White pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a brown suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Adelard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Thunderstones. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: This man prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cook but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.