Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is an epitome of beauty. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Manfred was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Manfred's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a red armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sybil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Sybil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Lance was born with his father's beautiful face. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Lance has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He refers to his adoptive father 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.