Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His auburn hair is still thick. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered orcs who tried to eat his hand. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Halimath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a rapier on his belt. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beiro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp).