Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and green pants. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Trym has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: He wants revenge against orcs; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 18000 sp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. After a long history of fighting, Ernest and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.