Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He usually wears his blue robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's also a talented Masseuse, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Actor. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is cut short. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Tim abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Fletcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Robert hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.