Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Gerard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears skinny pants and wears a green and tan robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Frederick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Seamstress. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this eastern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. 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 can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by goblins. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.