Description: He is in excellent shape and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has wavy brown hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

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 is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40000 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 brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are likewise violet.

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 is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Manfred hails from a village terrorized by giants. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His silver hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Layabout, his father struggled to pay the bills. Charles 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a axe on his belt, marred by sweets. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and human compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aldous 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 Aldous. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp.