Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Hunter has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Butcher. He has worked as a Butcher like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 4 Thunderstones. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Bernard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Bernard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Sard (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barber hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Silk rope. 1 Average lock.