Description: He stands about 4'2" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He wears a white top hat and white clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the east to a Bather, Naeris learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Bather. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 13000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Tethren lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has moderate length white hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gomory lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 36000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.