Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His golden hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Being a Shepherd kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his sister

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Sard (20 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears professional attire. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp).

Description: He wears a red collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.