Description: This man is very fat, and wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hobart was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with his Shipwright mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1400 sp. Azurite (12 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. 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. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Olgoth never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Lazy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear red tank tops with green pants. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Zook's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. His hair is red and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.