Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and bastard swords. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length dark red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his auburn hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She has moderate length black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Mastema hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. When Mastema reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His scarlet crest is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Norkruuth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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. He has worked as a Carter like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Ashgarn was taken on many hunting expeditions. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Fargrim has worked very hard to control his curse. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.