Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is golden and very short. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1300 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair is thinning but still full. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 pp. Black opal (600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1700 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Armorer does, and he perpetually has his axe ready. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Immeral embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His first spouse was a Assassin, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1300 gp. Amber (150 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Jade (150 gp).