Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with tan slacks, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Shane was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. William took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up falchion and armor he uses now. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has no hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after William was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. William's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Shy. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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 several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

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

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).