Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Ernest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Guard. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Aldous was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar, and carries scimitars. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Marshal job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a farmer again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1700 sp. 4 Holy water. 4 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.