Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has green eyes and a yellow hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Norman never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a pastel coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). White pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. 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 cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.