Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Shane speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Shane enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Shane has worked very hard to control his curse. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3100 sp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, grey shirt, and pastel tie, and he perpetually has his lance ready. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" western man, he usually wears his brown robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Diggory abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His red hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this man usually wears his pastel robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Jet (90 gp).