Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Manfred took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 38000 sp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Jet (160 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alexandre is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. He wears his black hair down. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Adelard was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and black with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Weaver first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Roger was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and to be a brewer again

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this northern man wears a tan coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair is auburn and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a great chef.

History: Theodoric lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 sp.