Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rimple is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Rimple lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is cut short. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Tanner business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Carter, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished shortspear as well. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Riardon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his father's many stories. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2100 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).