Description: 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 feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Manfred was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Lewis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Lewis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac, Mundane. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His hair is chestnut and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver pearl (100 gp).