Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gerald was born the youngest of three triplets. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (20 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'5" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Namfoodle studied abroad. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather, marred by beers. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Althaea was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Selfish. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp.