Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Ernest is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull violet iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To protect his home; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Slave, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Disguise kit.