Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 pp. Zircon (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Amber (120 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. His hair is red and curly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Varis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear pastel tank tops with white pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by his family; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the east to a Locksmith, Zepar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Black opal (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.