Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. His auburn hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has achieved small success as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has brown eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Tod lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Tod and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue and beady.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Manfred and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Gilbert was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gilbert never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 150 pp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). White opal (1300 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 sp.