Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His tied-back hair is golden. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alex is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local bricklayer

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He has moderate length golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Cory was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Shipwright father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 cp. Red spinel (130 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the north to a Fletcher, Raymond learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp.