Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a very tight haircut. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 pp. Iolite (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 Doctor. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 7000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.