Description: This malnourished man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Gilbert is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Gilbert took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 210 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has hazel eyes and a red hat with a white feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears bulky blue painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Spice Merchant father left him crippled. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Balimaar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp.