Description: He wears a tan tunic with white highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears his black hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hugh is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hugh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears skinny pants and wears a red and black robe with the hood down. His white hair is still thick. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The war was a terrible time for him, and Guy does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Guy was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears grey trousers with green and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear black tank tops with green pants. He has shaved his head bald. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Eye agate (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.