Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Frederick alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his brown hair up. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished longbow as well. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp).