Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Apothecary business.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and falchions. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Quarion was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 pp. Moss agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Family, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Adran was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 290 pp. Eye agate (14 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp).