Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Gerard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40000 sp. Malachite (5 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is lengthy. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. The war was a terrible time for him, and Miles does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Miles was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Don hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Don was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.