Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Assassin. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Peter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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. Peter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Wymar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He found a children's book about a Human Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Simple lock. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).