Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his white hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Roland hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His gray fur is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp. Black opal (1300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He has moderate length auburn hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. His scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.