Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rathkran 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 several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Erky is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bowyer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Fortune-teller, but he got bored and became a Locksmith. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has black eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Akmen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Slave Trader, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Tarak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.