Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Manfred took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He bought a longsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: A 6'2" eastern woman, she dresses like a well dressed Painter does. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aerdeth studied abroad. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 pp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.