Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shane embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. 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: Born in the west to a Painter, Shane learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Cory hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Emerald (800 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Laucian was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: Money/treasure; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.