Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear flannel. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Avelina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west to a Stableman, Avelina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate.