Description: A middle-aged man, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; 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: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Alexandrite (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: This man dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but he was a colossal failure. He has taken up work as a Dilettante and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Beiro is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Beiro 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 music. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1300 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by chocolates. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).