Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is cut short. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Uthemar hails from a village terrorized by giants. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Uthemar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 120 gp. Iolite (20 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Healer. She has no crest. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Farideh speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Farideh is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north to a Healer, Farideh learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Farideh took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up bastard sword and armor she uses now. She has worked as a Healer like her mother before her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Krimmon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.