Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is short and red. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her lavender fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aura fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ielenia lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and is pretty ugly. He wears his brown hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Manfred was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mason. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 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.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is still thick. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small black hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Zagga was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Zagga's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Amber (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Aerdeth was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 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.