Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Thomas never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Dean was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Healer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and human compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Amber (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Ida hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a Stableman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp.