Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 63. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is red and very short. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'9" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Reynard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Reynard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Military. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has wavy golden 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: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shane isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His red hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has done his best to style his rusty crest to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Rathkran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age her father died while driving off some dire rats. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in hammer use. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).