Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 26000 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Randal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Alex was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and doesn't want to be a ploughman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Frederick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 16000 cp. Citrine (20 gp).