Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses like a well dressed Body Guard does. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, In love, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is blonde and very short. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is lengthy. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.