Description: He wears a grey tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. His hair is black and curly. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Everard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his chestnut hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Hugh was born with his mother's beautiful face. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hugh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: John was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).