Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an entirely violet suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Manfred never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His tied-back hair is red. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is still thick. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he very much looks the part of a Carter. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tim will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carter. He's also a talented Painter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a hunchback. His hair is golden and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.