Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears professional attire. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 25000 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 2 Antitoxin. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. The war was a terrible time for him, and William does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When William reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Onyx (30 gp).