Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the east. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Norman alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 17000 cp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Coral (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears violet trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of longbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Kody has worked very hard to control his curse. 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. Kody fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).