Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Arnold was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Arnold's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather, and carries rapiers. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Hugh was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This western man wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his trident. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Manfred 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. Manfred was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Weaver. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.