Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30000 cp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Norman lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Norman and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a carpenter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Dean was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. White opal (1600 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is still thick. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Bernard was born with his father's beautiful face. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Bernard has worked very hard to control his curse. 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. Bernard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.