Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Gardener. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Don enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Don was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Architect. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is short and chestnut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Dyer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Terse, Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Butcher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. After a long history of fighting, Everard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Theodoric embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the west. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.