Description: This eastern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Cory was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Cory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Whurbin embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Whurbin was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Whurbin's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Dain was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 290 pp. Zircon (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Sard (20 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Rose (20 gp).