Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears dull red sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gifted student she started as a Body Guard, but she got bored and became a Brewer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red crest is heavily combed to the left. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Bounty Hunter, but he got bored and became a Detective. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Bharash hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1700 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).