Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). 3 Antitoxin. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Gilbert hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Gilbert was born with his father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Courier father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gilbert fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 18000 cp. Malachite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He usually wears his green robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gerald lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has moderate length red hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.