Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (8 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 380 gp. 3 Smokesticks.