Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is typically in his Mercenary uniform. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nicholas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nicholas grew up listening to his father's many stories. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He carries a battered sword and tarnished greataxe as well. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Lazy. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned male is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2500 sp.