Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Assassin father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Conrad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white vest and prefers tan and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Adelard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1700 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He has chestnut hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Justin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Jet (140 gp).