Description: Standing 3'5", this man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Qualen wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Qualen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Qualen was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fisher. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 20th 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. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and black tie. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 390 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp).