Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the south. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'2". He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. His hair is black and very short. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a great chef.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is greedy; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He tends to his Assassin job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Arnold was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 pp.