Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Guard, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

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 psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a fancy white suit. His red hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has worked as a Sage like his father before him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Norman never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving William alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.