Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is short and silver. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair is cut short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west to a Unemployed, Kyle learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Kyle abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 2 Antitoxin. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a red cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, marred by teas. His white hair is thinning but still full. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Aldous has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.