Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Ernest is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Ernest is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bastard sword, but if one is not available he will default to his spear, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished halberd as well. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Knight work with an outfit from a few towns over. Knight work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Chad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Chad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.