Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears tattered old clothes. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Body Guard, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Barber like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

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. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1400 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Jet (110 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Jade (110 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This southern man is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Kyle 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 few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Bertram reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.