Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Manfred was taken on many hunting expeditions. Through the years after Manfred was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Manfred's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. Cory was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cory decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Don 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 Don. He struck the Locksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Slave, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a white shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Richard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Raymond alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp.