Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Manfred took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shortspear and armor he uses now. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the west to a Weaver, Bethrynna learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 sp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep black.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has golden hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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. Mardnab fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Fisher. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Mella was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fisher. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rose (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.