Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is silver. His ears are large.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Blacksmith, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Conrad was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Conrad's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Cory hails from a village terrorized by drow. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 south. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.