Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This eastern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a tailor again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and doesn't want to be a masseuse and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is an epitome of beauty. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Mindartis speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Zog's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 150 gp. White pearl (100 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown fur is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Smoking lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She likes to wear red tank tops with brown skirt. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker red hat.

Personality: She is a Fletcher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dee fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp.