Description: He is in excellent shape and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Manfred is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gerard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. After a long history of fighting, Gerard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the north

Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (900 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a great chef.

History: Born in the east to a Gardener, Hunter learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the arcane 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Gardener

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear pastel tank tops with green pants. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Roofer, who enjoyed hunting, Balimaar was taken on many hunting expeditions. Balimaar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.