Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Miles was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Richard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Theobald lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Barkeep, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries axes. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He has brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Healer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Odo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Odo was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Healer. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.