Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the west. Manfred abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his black robe and has his scythe always slung over his shoulder. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His ears are large.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Anselm is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gifted student he started as a Sellsword, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Apothecary business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.