Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Erky learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 sp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is an amazing painter.

History: Tim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Tim took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 390 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A 2'10" eastern man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. He has achieved small success as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.