Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 33000 sp. Zircon (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Banker. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Banker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Banker. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He very much looks the part of a Adventurer. He wears his brown fur up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. 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 Adventurer. Recently the stress of being a Adventurer has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp.