Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. He has wavy golden hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 68. 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 disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Fivin was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Server. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is short and brown. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

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 spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a red scarf. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Mindartis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His brown hair is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is an amazing painter.

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. Mindartis was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Stylist. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2100 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Emerald (400 gp).