Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has auburn hair. He has gray eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local doctor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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, Gerard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.