Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His white hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1400 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).