Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His tied-back hair is red. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has moderate length brown hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stableman; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His tied-back hair is silver. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Nutae hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nutae was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nutae was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1500 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his chestnut hair up. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Mindartis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Sard (30 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).