Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, yellow shirt, and tan tie. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Manfred is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a whip on his belt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his white hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He uses divination through singing.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. 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 is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).