Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. 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. Simon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 Priest. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is still thick. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Shane hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Shane was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).