Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and nunchakus. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He bought a longsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'10", this man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Armorer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Erdan was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Laucian was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.