Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 73. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is long and unkept. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'4". He is wearing a long, green cloak, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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 at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. He has silver crest. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.