Description: This malnourished man usually wears his green robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His hair is brown and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 west. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. He has worked as a Shepherd like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and human compassion

Flaws: Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Peter grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and doesn't want to be a layabout and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20000 cp. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Smokesticks.

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. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has blue eyes and a violet hat with a black feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Anthony will drive conversation. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Anthony was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and human compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic, Persistence. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp.