Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this eastern man has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His hair is short and chestnut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. A true patriot, Anselm would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Anselm was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear blue tank tops with green pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. 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. 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: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 56. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Bernard has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 80 pp.