Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Manfred enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cartwright. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The war was a terrible time for him, and Clerebold does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He struck the Cartwright job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is content; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Adelard was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is brown and very short. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hubert 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 Hubert. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp.