Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Adelard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tan trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He sports a flattop hair cut. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.