Description: 5'8" and muscular, this northern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Ekemon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. His white fur is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Spring is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Carlin's homeland. Carlin decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Carlin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is cut close to his head. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He refers to his adoptive father 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 into a rich family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp.