Description: Standing 4'8", this man has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Nim was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is typically in his Painter uniform. His crest is black and curly. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to be a barber again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is dark red and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ahrim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Altho hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Altho was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. 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 is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2500 sp.