Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. A true patriot, Shane would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. Geoffrey enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: He wears a violet vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A freak accident while working with his Doctor mother left him crippled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has no hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 27000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.