Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Cory is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Server, who enjoyed hunting, Cory was taken on many hunting expeditions. Through the years after Cory was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Cory's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He is typically in his Apothecary uniform. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Simon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has wavy golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).