Description: He wears a red tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a very tight haircut. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His ears are large.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kairon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a violet costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Nutae learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.