Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Manfred is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Blacksmith like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 4 Acid flasks. 1 Thunderstones. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Manfred was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Marshal; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. His hair is cut close to his head. 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 barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

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 blonde hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and doesn't want to be a slave trader and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 15000 cp.