Description: 4'10" and muscular, this northern man wears a brown shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and blue pants. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. 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: Rolen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his mace. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aerdeth's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aerdeth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. 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 Painter. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Sard (60 gp). Jade (110 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is still thick. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Dayereth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).