Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver hair down. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his red hair up. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Thomas was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.