Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the east. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). 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: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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 greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Manfred 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 a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.