Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Shane hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Junk Dealer business.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Amber (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jet (70 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Jet (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Umpen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Halimath is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Halimath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has styled his bronze crest well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Shamash's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Shamash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the east. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is silver and curly. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Gorgûm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Marastyr never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: In love, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.