Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned male wears an entirely black suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

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. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and pastel robe with the hood down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Simon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'11". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. Manfred 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: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available he will default to his spear, and he perpetually has his spear ready. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).