Description: This malnourished man usually wears his black robe and has his longsword always slung over his shoulder. He has yellow fur. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He uses divination through singing.

History: Cloak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'1". He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Ar-Karo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50000 cp. Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He found a children's book about a Halfling Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a large grey jacket. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).