Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His hair is brown and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rolen never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Thervan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears black trousers with violet and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy black hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).