Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hubert grew up listening to his father's many stories. Hubert 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has black hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this western man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Manfred was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Jeweler. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.