Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a red coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Knight and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He usually wears his green robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ahvain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. Being a Knight 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's looking for his big break; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear blue tank tops with black pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Zircon (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp).