Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Kyle alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Roofer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Gifted from a young age, Richard studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.