Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and lances. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alston 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. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bellfounder, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears just a blue suit, and carries daggers. He has wavy blonde hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Miner first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Pushkrimp was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin green vertical stripes and tan pants. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

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 fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mercenary. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Military, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.