Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has no hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Carter profession.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He uses divination through singing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp.