Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His golden hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in the east to a Beggar, Gerald learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Beggar. 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. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available he will default to his shield. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ernest's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Obsidian (14 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Simon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp.