Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. His hair is short and red. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Geoffrey has worked very hard to control his curse. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. John enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. Being a Soapmaker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Carpenter, his father struggled to pay the bills. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Arnold's homeland. Arnold decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2800 sp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).