Description: He has a missing right arm. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 3 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Holy water. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Priest business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Priest. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his morningstar ready. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Ernest was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ernest's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 600 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

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

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 22000 sp.

Description: This eastern man wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Heward is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Fisher mother left him crippled. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 cp.