Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a large black jacket. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Gruk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Gruk was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sage. He has worked as a Sage like his mother before him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an entirely blue suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Sard (20 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His crest is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His first spouse was a Detective, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'7" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 150 gp.