Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 pp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Amber (130 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 sp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'1" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Aramil was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aramil's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: 1100 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished mace as well. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Efferil was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Efferil was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).