Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His hair is cut close to his head. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the east to a Laborer, Manfred learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Laborer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Laborer for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Shane abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.