Description: This late middle aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. His tied-back hair is silver. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Violet garnet (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is black and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with red slacks. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Guy and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and usually wears his black robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet.

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: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the south. 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 Blacksmith. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.