Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Ostracized due to the druidic 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers grey and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. 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: The child of a Cook, who enjoyed hunting, Bertram was taken on many hunting expeditions. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 pp. Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a white top hat and white clothes, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1900 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a red tunic with yellow highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is still thick. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Hunter was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.