Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears just a blue suit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the west to a Animal Trainer, Everard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has worked as a Animal Trainer like his father before him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Robert was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Amber (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Gilbert lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a great chef.

History: Simon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Simon was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Family, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.