Description: This exceptionally lanky man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Aramil lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Aramil was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aramil decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white vest and prefers brown and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 grey coat. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Himo reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.