Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey vest and prefers red and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This western man wears an entirely brown suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is braided into rings. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Peter was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Adventurer again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Map Maker, his father struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Nicholas was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.