Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is typically in his Blacksmith uniform. He carries a battered lance and tarnished longsword as well. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gifted student he started as a Sage, but he got bored and became a Blacksmith. He tends to his Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Heward enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heward was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.