Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 35000 sp.

Description: This southern man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is black. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dustin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Trey hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and clubs. His hair is auburn and very short. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trym lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Trym was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Trym decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Jet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.