Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Manfred was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He stands about 6'6" and wears a fancy black suit. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Frederick never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2100 sp. Black opal (500 gp). Jet (120 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished axe as well. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down, marred by sweets. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Manfred was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Anselm isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.