Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Five grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Five. 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; 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: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a very tight haircut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tim has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Uthemar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

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 druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 sp. Zircon (50 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.