Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Thomas abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He wears his white hair down. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lance grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Lance. After months of barely getting by, Lance managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mayor again

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20000 cp. Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Rolf was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this eastern man wears just a green suit. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. After a long history of fighting, Henry and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 43000 sp. Eye agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, violet shirt, and green tie. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.