Description: He stands about 5'1" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Charles was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, marred by beers. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear blue tank tops with violet pants. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).