Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Gerard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Rolf was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He got into the Dilettante business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Bricklayer. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is brown and very short. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. Conrad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and balancing his hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bernard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.