Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. His hair is blonde and curly. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ralf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the south. A gifted student he started as a Miner, but he got bored and became a Actor. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a blue coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Ernest is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Raymond hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Bather mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. 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 is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: Money/treasure; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 60 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).