Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear flannel. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great joy in being the best Carter in town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Carter. He tends to his Carter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Good lock.

Description: This eastern man wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Healer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Manfred grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Manfred. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a red deerstalker hat and red clothes, and is pretty ugly. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Simon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.