Description: A middle-aged man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Healer who has hired him part-time. 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. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Lucan was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Dilettante. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has a very tight haircut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Peren speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Peren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is short and brown. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

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 is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north to a Body Guard, Riardon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Riardon was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Body Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again.

Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 pp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.