Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has no hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Bernard was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He worked as a nervous Carter and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2400 sp. Malachite (16 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a red cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead 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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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 Unemployed. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: He is a Barber first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: This man wears a yellow vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.