Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his copper crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kaladan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This western man wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his shield. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and doesn't want to be a locksmith and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: This man wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sai on his belt and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Arannis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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.