Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A freak accident while working with his Miller mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is content

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and carries shortbows. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bounty Hunter, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His tied-back hair is brown. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 110 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf. He wears his blonde hair down. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Broce is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Aramil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).