Description: This man is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His hair is short and chestnut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Gomory alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has shaved his head bald. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. He struck the Shipwright job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chad grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Through the years after Chad was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Chad's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His hair is black and curly. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Hematite (4 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, marred by beers. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Nicholas is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Nicholas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.