Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has moderate length red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He has black hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. One day when Tordek was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Tordek was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants, marred by chocolates. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man is typically in his Locksmith uniform. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Locksmith. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.