Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ghesh liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barkeep.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Body Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is brown and curly. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear flannel. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Thorpe lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Halfling Ranger 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp).

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the east to a Gardener, Raam learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He tends to his Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rose (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Coral (90 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jade (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Azurite (10 gp).