Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Nicholas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Nicholas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Sage, but he got bored and became a Marshal. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (120 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Coral (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Backpack.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a pastel wide-brimmed hat and pastel clothes. His red hair is lengthy. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: John was born with his father's beautiful face. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and red handkerchief worn on his left side. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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 disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and balancing his hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.