Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Randal was born with his father's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Amber (150 gp).