Description: This late middle aged man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: Shane is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in a small forest village. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Miles hails from a village terrorized by giants. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drogo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (40 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).