Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nicholas's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Nicholas was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nicholas was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'3" and is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His silver hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spy who has hired him part-time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Spy job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 sp. Jet (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This light-skinned male wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Rolf hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in dagger use. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Rolf was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy violet suit. His chestnut hair is cut short. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Barrister but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Hugh was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Nicholas was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nicholas's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Thunderstones. 4 Antitoxin.