Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 10000 sp. Black pearl (200 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His red hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Courier does. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is red and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east to a Courier, Gilbert learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Gilbert abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Guy was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has a crush on the local shepherd

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Cory was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).