Description: Standing 4'8", this man wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Baker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for him, and Einkil does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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 family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Blacksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the south to a Mayor, Morgran learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Faran reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 gp.