Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and auburn. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a shoemaker again

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 19000 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is an amazing painter.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).