Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Cory lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 12000 cp. Zircon (80 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Ernest hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ernest was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2100 sp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Hugh is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Hugh learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Hugh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp.