Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and he perpetually has his spear ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Nicholas was taken on many hunting expeditions. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Alexandre was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2300 sp. Black pearl (300 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Beggar but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.