Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He has no hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Erdan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with brown slacks. His rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp. Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries spears. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Morkral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.