Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His hair is auburn and curly. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Arnold is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. 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: He was born at the edge of vast island. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is cut short. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He's also a talented Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 cp. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A 6'4" northern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Clerebold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He struck the Hunter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.