Description: This tall, slender man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western man is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length rusty crest. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Gorbundus's homeland. Gorbundus decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has no hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Roge lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 pp. Sard (40 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cook. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.