Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Robert hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A gifted student he started as a Server, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a server again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He usually wears his grey robe and has his scythe always slung over his shoulder. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Insane, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She likes to wear green tank tops with brown skirt. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ella grew up listening to her father's many stories. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Jade (130 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Everard hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Everard was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mayor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).