Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: Theodoric hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Theodoric hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jade (140 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a hammer on his belt, marred by beers. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Anselm hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Anselm learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gray eyes and a red hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Roger hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.