Description: He stands about 6'3" and is wearing a long, tan cloak. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is silver and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Richard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His crest is bronze and curly. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Kerkad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 13000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 250 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.