Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born into a rich family. Charles was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Charles decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature club.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in the south. Bertram was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Beggar. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This northern man tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Dustin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Simple lock.