Description: This western man wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Gerald hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the west. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are gray and catlike.

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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Aldous was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). 1 Thunderstones. 2 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does, marred by beers. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a white and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his father struggled to pay the bills. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Body Guard soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 sp. Red spinel (160 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).