Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and morningstars. His brown hair is long and unkept. 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 very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Kyle was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kyle decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky green painted plate armor. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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 son.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.