Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shoemaker business.

History: Manfred hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His black hair is lengthy. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anselm grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. White opal (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful, Insane. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.