Description: An older man who has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe, he is not a threatening figure. He has brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 55. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 cp. Amber (80 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When Roger reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 2 Holy water. 5 Acid flasks. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This eastern 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 clothes are grease stained in places. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. John was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.