Description: He is a husky man, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Manfred is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. After a long history of fighting, Manfred and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He takes great joy in being the best Ruler in town.

History: He was born in a small island village. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is black and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. John took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up rapier and armor he uses now. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries scimitars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and doesn't want to be a sellsword and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp).