Description: He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Through the years after Nicholas was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Nicholas's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Avice grew up listening to her father's many stories. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Engraver, but he was a colossal failure. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears long strands of opal and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

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. One day when Miles was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Miles was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He has taken up work as a Ruler and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).