Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Manfred's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He wears a mask on his face.

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. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge; and many goblins want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).