Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Manfred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Roofer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Odo hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Interpreter father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has chestnut hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Glassblower. He has achieved small success as a Glassblower.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.