Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 8000 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is brown. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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 in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is typically in his Dyer uniform. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Star ruby (1600 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.