Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Guard, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alexandre does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. When Alexandre reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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: Money/treasure; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He carries a battered sai and tarnished bow as well. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is a Carpenter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Baker. He has worked as a Baker like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has black hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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 northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.