Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1300 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this northern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His white hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Butcher who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the west to a Brewer, Gennal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

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

Possessions: 210 pp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).