Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears his purple hair down. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Tomi was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Shoemaker. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Crown-heir, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers green and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and carries scythes. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bernard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear green tank tops with tan pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 born in the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His white hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 160 pp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.