Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

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. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive, Hedonist. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has blonde hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Kyle lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Adelard wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A freak accident while working with his Stylist father left him crippled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 10000 cp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and carries kukris. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His tied-back hair is golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Ralf hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ralf alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ralf was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.