Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Zaffrab hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Marshal and was forced into it by his family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished lance as well. He wears his silver hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 pp. Red spinel (50 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). 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: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His black hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from 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, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.