Description: He wears a yellow wide-brimmed hat and yellow clothes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is silver. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Howard wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... The war was a terrible time for him, and Howard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 sp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. He wears his red hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. His scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Fletcher 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver crest is still thick. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 13th 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 13000 sp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and he perpetually has his spear ready. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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 at the edge of vast desert. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oppleby fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).