Description: He is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and shortbows. His auburn hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Laucian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Laucian. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this western man is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and brown tie. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Paelias is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Paelias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mayor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Marshal, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and tan pants. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Thamior enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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 seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Emerald (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a hand crossbow on his belt. His hair is auburn and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Aelar's homeland. Aelar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He is physically well-built. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and 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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1500 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp).