Description: He stands about 5'8" and wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His ears are large.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Manfred was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Adept, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Gunter has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1800 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His hair is short and white. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his youth he was a Tanner, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hunter does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).