Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Cressel was born with his father's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. After a long history of fighting, Eiravel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Shivering is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shivering was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2800 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Amber (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears brown trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His green crest, when down, is lengthy. He has gold eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Nithther reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 16000 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Erdan was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Carpenter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.