Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. He has auburn hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ernest liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 22000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his golden hair down. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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 born several months after his father was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is silver and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bernard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This western man wears dull blue sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.