Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kyle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Balimaar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Balimaar 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: White pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.