Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Ernest was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (600 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are brown and beady.

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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Conrad hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Conrad was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Courier. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 sp. Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Average lock. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Randal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.