Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Manfred hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Manfred was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 14000 sp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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 died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Luthra grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Luthra. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. He wears his black hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tethren was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Gomory was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.