Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears green trousers with tan and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Galiena is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. She is physically well-built. She wears her scarlet crest down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a fancy brown suit. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Hubert took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his youth he was a Banker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white hair is lengthy. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is obsessed with his god.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). White opal (900 gp). White opal (900 gp). White opal (900 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 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.