Description: This man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Norman's homeland. Norman decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (30 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is red and very short. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Everard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Everard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow small hat and yellow clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Aldous never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahlyssa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ahlyssa. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).