Description: He is a husky man, who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. This white eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Jasper (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a fancy black suit, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Stylist, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Azurite (4 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks. Her blue hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are black.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Manea was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Theriatis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Theriatis was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cartwright. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is silver and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. Thoradin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a grey vest and prefers tan and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 2'9" southern woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Seraphina was born with her father's beautiful face. Through the years after Seraphina was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Seraphina's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Rose (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).