Description: This southern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Ronk lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Raer hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has dyed his greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.