Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Charles's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Bowyer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Heward lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 6'6" northern man, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears skinny pants and wears a green and brown robe with the hood down. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Gilbert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.