Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Stableman, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He got into the Stableman business at a young age. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Vanuath alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Barkeep, who enjoyed hunting, Flask was taken on many hunting expeditions. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a barkeep again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with grey slacks. His blonde hair is still thick. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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. After a long history of fighting, Richard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.