Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered whip and tarnished glaive as well. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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, Gimble is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Xanaphia was born with her father's beautiful face. When Xanaphia reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father 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. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. His chestnut hair is still thick. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. His blonde hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Coral (90 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, In love, Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His hair is red and curly. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Doctor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 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.