Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor, marred by beers. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Violet garnet (200 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 6'0" southern man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Arnold has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

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. Chad is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Chad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Sard (30 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler.