Description: This dark-skinned male wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir mother left him crippled. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 36000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Percival hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Lance speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He married young, but lost his spouse to goblins. 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 feels kind of lost in life; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Chad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.