Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. He's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Marshal born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Marshal business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has a hunchback. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a pastel costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Rose (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Wiggan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Wiggan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this northern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his blue crest down. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his broad green hat.

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 is obsessed with his god.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 140 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has green eyes and a violet hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.