Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His bronze crest is lengthy. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 18th 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull grey iron scale mail, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his silver hair up. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local gardener

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the west. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.