Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a Carter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 son.

History: William was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carter responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Job, Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Dustin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Soapmaker, but he got bored and became a Slave Trader. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the west. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.