Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the east to a Gardener, Erky learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Erky never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 32000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 cp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 Painter. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy chestnut hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.