Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Hadarai was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Blacksmith. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 pp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and warhammers. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Coral (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).