Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Lance was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Joker, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His first spouse was a Layabout, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Theodoric speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Unemployed business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Alex hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Alex was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barrister. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He wears his silver hair down. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Roland enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1100 sp.