Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his blue hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Iados lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50000 cp. Obsidian (12 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, marred by beers. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. Adelard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He wears his brown hair down. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Delg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Delg was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Delg's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His head has been shaved. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His first spouse was a Fisher, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His tied-back hair is brown. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.