Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears baggy black pantaloons and a violet scarf. His brown hair is still thick. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Charles was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In his 12th 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 13000 cp. Eye agate (15 gp). Jet (140 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1700 sp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Ralf was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: To be a Weaver again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.