Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his blue robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is cut short. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Heward took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortspear and armor he uses now. 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; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Average lock. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Gerald was taken on many hunting expeditions. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. After coming to the age of reason, Hugh took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 6 Acid flasks.