Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His tied-back hair is blonde. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His hair is short and golden. His face is scarred and worn.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is an epitome of beauty. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He has hazel eyes.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 5'6" northern man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Rolf was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).