Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Gilbert was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he wants revenge against brigands

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1300 sp. Jet (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

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 cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Navigator. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Navigator for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears pastel trousers with black and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a great chef.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp.