Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Nicholas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Emotional, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 13000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He has blonde hair. He wears an eyepatch.

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 has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Clerebold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. 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: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. His white hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Conrad hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). In the meantime he has taken over work as a Slave Trader and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Gerald was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Gerald's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp).