Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished longsword as well. His brown hair is cut short. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thomas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a Mason, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His hair is chestnut and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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 druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new doctor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.