Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, tan shirt, and black tie. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Manfred was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20 pp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Crown-heir. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bertram was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is an epitome of beauty. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed pastel hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To protect his home; and balancing his hectic life and new fisher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 10000 cp. Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.