Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 Miller. He has worked as a Miller like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Emerald (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich western family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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, Thoradin is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Military, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 17000 sp.

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Jet (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.