Description: 5'6" and muscular, this northern man wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gilbert does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A true patriot, Gomory would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a pastel tunic with violet highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Sard (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Don was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is typically in his Apothecary uniform. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Roland hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 pp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). White opal (900 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.