Description: He stands about 4'7" and is wearing a long, violet cloak. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He comes from a rich western family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His hair is silver and curly. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

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. 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, Robert is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A 3'11" southern man, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His hair is golden and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Religious, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Ûshbaka enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ûshbaka grew up listening to his father's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Ûshbaka took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.