Description: Standing 5'6", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Manfred was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. 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 content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Baker profession.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. 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 has achieved small success as a Banker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trym lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a great chef.

History: Trym lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: John was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.