Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green top hat and green clothes. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top green hat.

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 accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1900 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Sard (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Jade (50 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'8", this man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aramil liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 180 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His hair is auburn and curly. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1400 gp.