Description: A middle-aged man, he wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is white. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Shane took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). White opal (1000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alexandre does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is brown and curly. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: John was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white shirt, with a yellow mid length shorts with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.