Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has golden hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. He has blue eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Manfred is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Manfred never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He has white hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Aldous has worked very hard to control his curse. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Persistence, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp.