Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. A true patriot, Gerald would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. One day when Gerald was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Gerald was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by his family; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Average lock. 1 Spyglass.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Jet (60 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 24. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, violet shirt, and white tie. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Adam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Adam hails from a village terrorized by drow. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.