Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a hunchback. He wears his silver hair up. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). White opal (800 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Amber (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is blonde and very short. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. His brown hair is lengthy. He has green eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Vanuath enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vanuath fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He got into the Fletcher business at a young age. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 gp.