Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears baggy red pantaloons and a white scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Pallabar reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 28000 cp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black crest is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Stableman, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a large black jacket. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ralf does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich western family. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ralf took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Direcris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Direcris has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.