Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. 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 is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shane 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Sensitive, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

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. Through the years after Trey was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Trey's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Addict. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.