Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur is yellow and curly. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Layabout born in the past three hundred years. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Elegant was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Ostracized due to the martial 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Jet (90 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears professional attire. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.