Description: He wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He became a Crown-heir soon after.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 9000 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 (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Erias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. 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 is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Mara reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

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. He worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. He became a Animal Trainer soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Jet (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dalgal will drive conversation. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by his family; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nirgel never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp).