Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His hair is golden and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Professionalism, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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. Thomas was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Locksmith. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he usually wears his tan robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp).