Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Shane is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a pastel tunic with grey highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His beige fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 42000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man usually wears his tan robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears just a brown suit. His silver hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the east. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and hand crossbows. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 220 pp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. 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: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.