Description: An older man who wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars, he is not a threatening figure. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born into a rich family. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, John has worked very hard to control his curse. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miller profession.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1200 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a long, white cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Hourglass.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his red hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, William was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When William reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Roland hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: The child of a Slave Trader, who enjoyed hunting, Roland was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He struck the Junk Dealer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.