Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Aldous enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a grey vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

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. Clerebold enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Clerebold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Clerebold 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the west

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.