Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Gunter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gunter was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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. Gunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Jade (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. 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: She is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.